We have a FReeper laying in a Texas hospital fighting for his life as I type this.
He was hit by a drunk driver yesterday as he stood waiting to cross the street.
You're confusing the issue. Drunk driving should and is illegal. Drinking in a bar is not. Texas is going WAY WAY past the line in doing this. It smacks of fascism and a police state that couldn't find enough drunks out on the road so they had to come in the bars (PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS) You should be very worried about this development as I am.
This article isn't about drunk driving. It isn't even about fall down dangerous drunks. It's about facist pig jackboots, abusing the law to criminalize people, enhance revenue, and retard freedom.
But because you know someone who was hurt by a drunk driver, you jump on the nannystate, facism supporting bandwagon.
Sorry about your friend, but bad things happen all the time. I hope you will think rationally about this now, and set aside your emotional baggage.
My baby brother retired at age 40 after building up two successful enterprises - 9 months later he played golf with his buddies had dinner left the restaurant and was killed by a drunk driver.
He was a wonderful, funny, loving, smart young man who left behind a ten year old little boy and a big sister that adored him. All this pain because someone walked out of a bar drunk and was too macho to give his keys to someone sober. Pathetic !
And that is the fault of a bar?
He could have been drinking at home, or in the car w/ no bar involved.
We have a FReeper laying in a Texas hospital fighting for his life as I type this.
He was hit by a drunk driver yesterday as he stood waiting to cross the street.
I have a coworker whose cousin was shot and killed a few years back. Because of that incident, my coworker now believes that all guns should be banned throughout the US.
Emotional opinions stemming from tragedies tend to be some of the least valuable.
Welcome to the fascist police state.
"They didn't get enough of them!"
Actually this misuse of resources is more likely the reason the criminal driver was not stopped in time. If the officers were actually patrolling the streets the chances of stopping the driver would have been improved. Instead, the officers had to be on scene at the bar to support the TABs efforts and haul off the non-driving drunks to jail.
Prayers for our fellow freeper.
I blame the invention of the automobile first.
If some technological "improvement" to our lives ends up making us less free, then it's no improvement.
its gone too far when a privately owned bar can't allow its patrons to smoke or drink heartily if they want.....its gone past being ridiculous to being totalitarian.....
Big Brother will come to power in the form of Big Nanny.
Small gvt conservatism as an political philosophy is dead.
God save the Republic!
My brother was killed by a drunk driver a few years ago while Scott was on business in California. I am the sole person in this world who has the right to forgive the kid who killed him and I am the last person in this world that would advocate this type of action that is now occuring in Texas........